Follow-up: Emmanuel Acho Apologizes to the Currys, Completing the Podcasters' Responses; Ayesha Thanks Stephen
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry posted a self-recorded video to Instagram on November 11 calling out three former players who had criticized his wife, Ayesha Curry, on podcasts. According to Basketball Network's November 12 report, Nick Young and Gilbert Arenas, two of the men Curry named, apologized on their show the same day, and the third man, former NFL player Emmanuel Acho, apologized on his own show that night. After a screening of her film, Ayesha thanked her husband on Instagram, saying he made her feel like the luckiest girl in the world, as always. All three men Curry named have now publicly responded.
Young apologized first. According to USA TODAY and ESPN, hours after Curry spoke, Young said directly on Gil's Arena: "I'm sorry, Steph. You my dog. I love you. If I offended you, I apologize like a man. I'm sorry." Arenas first explained his original remark, saying he had made it precisely because Curry never gets in trouble and his family is all good, before adding a qualified apology: "I'm sorry if he's offended. I didn't mean it like that. I was just saying he's such a perfect dude."
Acho was the last of the three to apologize. According to Basketball Network, he waited for his 8 p.m. Speakeasy show: "If a man humbly comes to you and requests an apology, then you would be ignorant and arrogant to respond with anything other than 'I'm sorry.' Steph, I'm sorry not just for offending you, potentially offending your wife. I'm sorry for how that made you feel, seeing headlines, commentaries, and all these other things about your wife. I'm sorry for the reaction that it may have caused. Not 'my bad,' not 'that's on me,' none of that. I'm sorry." According to Sportskeeda, after apologizing Acho defended his co-host LeSean McCoy, saying the comments about Ayesha were not rooted in misogyny, after The Atlantic's Jemele Hill had called McCoy out over his take.
Curry also picked up public backing. Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III wrote on X: "You never speak on another man's women. Period. End of story. Steph Curry is right."
Ayesha herself posted on Instagram after a special screening of the film hosted by The Roku Channel: "Had the best time last night at the Second Chance Holiday screening! Thank you to @therokuchannel for taking such great care of us. Dream come true. @stephencurry30, as always, you make me feel like the luckiest girl in the world, because I am." According to Basketball Network, the last slide of her post was a screenshot of Curry delivering his video message to the podcasters.
The dispute began when the Roku holiday romance "Second Chance Holiday," starring Ayesha Curry, premiered on November 5. Ayesha plays Chelsey, a dating expert who reconnects with a former flame played by Matthew Daddario, and a clip of their on-screen kiss went viral. Arenas and Young then called Ayesha the only "blemish" in the Curry family on their podcast "We Said What We Said," and McCoy questioned the scene on his show. Curry answered with his November 11 video, saying any apology should be as loud as the shows had been in leading with the topic.
Source: Basketball Network
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Photo: 图：Stephen Curry本人资料图（2017年11月摄于Denver赛前热身，Cyrus Saatsaz摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons），已预裁为精确16:9成品（头部完整留边、双眼睁开）。/ Stephen Curry (file photo from pre-game warm-ups in Denver, November 2017, by Cyrus Saatsaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), pre-cropped to an exact 16:9 frame with his head fully in frame and eyes open.
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